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Four players from British premiere league club, West Bromwich Albion have issued an apology after ‘borrowing' a taxi from outside a fast-food restaurant in Barcelona during a winter training visit.

Gareth Barry, Jonny Evans, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill were questioned by police, but not arrested, after driving themselves back to their hotel in the taxi in the early hours of Thursday morning.

West Brom and Northern Ireland defender Evans 30, former England midfielder Barry 36, England international Livermore, 28, and reserve goalkeeper Myhill, 35, said they wanted to apologise for "breaking the curfew" and for "the events which have been the subject of widespread and negative publicity".

"We felt it important we identify ourselves out of respect for team-mates who otherwise could be implicated by association," they said in a statement.